Metallic barrel.



Laomom. METALLIC BARREL APPLICATION FILED MAR.I9. H315.l

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patenteiipw,1918.

.J. C. GRON.

METALLIC BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED MAH.|$.1915.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

3 SHEEIS-SHEET 3.

'UNITED STATES PATENT oFrrcE.

JOHN' C. GORTON, OFWARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD'TO WILLIAM G. HURL- BERT, OF WARREN, OHIO, AND ONE-THIRD TO THE BOSTWICK STEEL LATH 'COSMI-4 PANY, OF NILES, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

' METALLIC BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 191s.

Application led March 19, 1915. Seria1No. 15,527.

make and use the same.y 4

I The primary object of this invention is to provide a strong, simple and highly eiicient metallic barrel the partsv of which may be 1 to the means shown the edge wires at one end of the band form a support for-a lock. a hook 9 for-engaging.

securely fastened together.

And a further object is to provide a metallic barrel whose parts, for the purpose of shipment or storage, may be nested so as to occupy about one-half the space ofthe assembled barrel.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l1 is a side view with parts in section. Fig.. 2 is a fragmentary section on line 2-2, Fig.

1. Fig. 3 shows the two barrel parts nested. l

Fig. 4 is a section through a portion of the top head. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the chime and head retaining means. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view through the meeting portlons of the two parts of the barrel. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of the clamp lock,

with the cover plate removed. Fig. 8 isa sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 2

with the cover plate in osition.

Referring to the drawlngs, 1 indicates the lower half or section, and 2 the upper half or section. The lower section is slightly smaller in diameter than the upper section to4 permit nesting, .as shown Iin Fig. 3. -The head 3vof the lower section is permanently welded or otherwise secured, but the head 4 of the uppersection is removable. yI he two halves orfsections are constructed from fiat sheet metal formed into a truncated cone, the longitudinall seam being welded or otherwise secured by any suitable means. Each section is then placed in a press and the bilge curves and corrugations are produced bysuitabledies.

The lower section 1 near its upper edge is bent to form an outwardly extending circumferential iange 5, while the upper section near its lower edge is bent4 to form a corresponding outwardly extending flange 6. Those portions of the two sections beyond the outwardly extending flanges 5 and 6 are arranged to telescope each other,

it appertains to thev upper portion extending on the outsidev of and being supported by the lower portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. i

The two barrel sections are locked together by an encircling band 7 which is preferably formed of sheet metal with wired edges, the

metal being turned back on itself over the f i edge wires and welded or otherwise secured.

Thel wired edges of the band 'engage the flanges 5 and 6 of the two barrel sections, holding them securely together. Any suitable meanszmay be employed for fastening the ends of the band together. According ing lever 8 having) a loop 10 formed y Ythe edge wires at -the other endv of the band. When positioning the latter the locking lever 8 is thrown back from the position 'shown sothat the loop 10 may be engaged by the hook 9, whereupon the lever isthrown forward into the position shown, bringing the center of. the free ends below the center of the loop so that the lever Vwill be locked in position. If desired a sealing wire may be passed through a hole 12 in the locking leverfor fastening the latter to the band in its locking position. I preferably employ a cover 13 for protecting the band clamp, and according to the means shown'this cover is'hinged on a pin 14 secured to the band, and may beffastened in its closed yposition by a retaining wire 15 upper half, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.' When sopositioned the {iange 5 of theA lowerv lhalf will rest on the chime of the upper half, and the two halves may then be fastened together in' the manner before described lby means of the clamping band 7, the edge wires of thelatter'bearing against the horizontal` flanges of the two barrel secf tions.

The top head 4 is dished andformed with an outwardly projecting flange havingl formed therein a plurality of outwardly projecting locking lugs 20 which are in.- sertible through cut-outs or interruptions 5I have provided an extremely simple and an inwardly projecting ring21 of the upper barrel section so that when such head is turned axially the lugs 20 will be `positioned beneath` the sections of thevring-21 and thereby lock the head in place. To provide locking means of the character-just outlined, the upper barrel section has an interior support'for the head 4, said support being in theA form of a plate 22 having a anged portion 23 projectingi'nwardly, as

shown in Figs.'1 and 4. The interrupted ring 21 is also formed in a continuation of` this plate 22, and the edge of the latter is in line with the edge of the upper barrel section.` The chime 2 4 of the upper barrel section is formed of sheet metal with a wired edge engaging land inclosing the upper edges of the seat plate and the barrel section. For. the purpose of increasing its strength this chime 1s formed with semi-- circular -ribs as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The plate 22 and the chime may be secured in place by welding or other suitablemeans. A sealing wire may be inserted through openings -25 (see Fig. 5) for locking the head in place. For the purpose of enabling -the headA to be easily turned a fiat bar may be positioned in a depression 26 between raised lugs 27, as shown in Fig. 2. rIfhe axial movement of head 4 is limited by a stop 28 in the path of one of the lugs 20 as shown in Fig. 5.

The advantages of my invention will be readilyappreciated by those skilled in the art. It will be seen that by means thereof highly eiicient metal barrel the parts of which may be readily .and easily securedv together by the clam ing band 7, andthat suchband may be utilized for locking the two 4barrel sections together when nested for `shipment or storage purposes. It -will also `be seen that the head of the upper barrelA supporting flanges, and a clam ing band Witnesses:

enc1rcling said barrel sections an enga n said ianges at its longitudinal edges in ot set up and nested positions.

.at one end havin ing witnesses. v

2. A metallic barrel comprising two nestable halves or sections each o-f which is bent outwardly, near-the meeting edges, to form circumferential flanges, the edge of` each section, lbeyond its flange, telescoping the other section in set-up position, and the edge v of one section beyond its flange supporting vthe other section when nested, and a clampa band for engaging said anges, said band a loop, and a locking lever fulcrumed to he other end of the band and having a hooked portion for engaging said loop, the latter and said locking lever being within the circumferential plane of.

the face of said band.

5. A metallic barrel comprising two halves or sections having at thelrmeeting points outwardly-extended circumferential Iianges,

a band for engagin said flanges, said band having wires exten ing along its edges and formed with a loop at one end 'of the band, and a locking lever fulcrumed on said wires at the other` end `of the band, said locking lever having a hook for engaging said loop.

6. A metallic barrel comprising two halves or sections having at thelr meeting points outwardly-extended circumferential flanges a band for engaging said flanges, said'ban at one end having a loop, a locking lever fulcrumed to the other end of the band' and having a hooked portion for engaging said loop, a cover plate pivoted to one end of the band, and designed to extend over said lever, and means for holding said cover plate extended over said lever.v v

In testimony whereof, vI have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib- JoHN ci GoR'ron.

JAMns R. IzANT, Ro'r. T. Izmir. 

